- Firehose

The most well known piece of firefighting equipment. Connected to either a fire truck or hydrant, a nozzle is then connected to the other end of the hose to spray water on the fire. Different fires need different sizes of hose. Small garbage fires or car fire only require a thin hose of mabye 1 or 2 inches thick to be used. Large fires such as a house fire require thicker hoses such as 4 or 5 inches.

- Nozzle

Nozzles are connected to the end of the hose in order to put water on a fire. The nozzle shown has a pistol style grip which makes it very easy to handle, some nozzles do not have this but many fire departments use this style of nozzle so firefighters can handle the hose.

- Breathing Apparatus

Breathing apparatus is one of the most essential pieces of equipment to firefighting. The BA allows a fire fighter to breathe when in a burning,smoke filled building by pumping through compressed air from the tank on the firefighters back to the face mask. Most SCBA's (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus) have around 30 minutes of air. The SCBA is normally kept in the firefighters compartment in the fire truck so they can put it on on their way to a fire and be ready to go when they arrive.

- Jaws of Life

These are an essential when it comes to extracting people trapped in cars. The Jaws of Life can be used to pull apart crushed car doors enabling a victim to be rescued from the car.

- Axe

The axe is a very useful firefighting tool. It can be used for forced entry into a building or smashing windows to ventilate a smoke filled room.

- Halligan tool

The Halligan tool is a very widely used firefighting tool. It can be used for forcing doors open, smashing windows or prying things apart. The Halligan was invented by New York firefighter Huey Halligan and is the FDNY's trademark tool.

- Pike

The pike can be used for ventillating rooms by smashing out the windows or to pull ceilings down in order to get to fires that have escaped into the cockloft (the area between the top floor of a house and the roof).